highschool

Since being back from break, I’ve been guiding my class through their own drafts of “This I Believe” essays. I like teaching this assignment, because it is a very personal essay style and there are a number of great resources out there, including sample essays. The NPR show also attracted high acclaim from radio Read More …

So, over the weekend, my brother and I stripped our closet down to the bare walls to install some new organization, and, in the process, I realized that I really needed to go through some boxes of files, etc. Of course, the framed pictures, gifts and other items from old relationships are the first to Read More …

I threw out my back when I was getting up from a pupil’s desk after a meeting today. All the horrid memories of being the tall kid who was never comfortable in those desk/chair combos came flooding back in the form of shooting spasms up my left side. Vocab word of the day: agony.

This just seems hard to swallow. Where did this burden of student teaching come from? Well, in writing some teaching applications, I have been forced to look back at what really pushed me into a field such as this. What did I find? Well, there is the writing that first comes to mind. Surprise, surprise. Read More …